Temporal and spatial expression of liver receptor homologue-1 (LRH-1) during embryogenesis suggests a potential role in gonadal development

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 234, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 159-168

  Hinshelwood, Margaret M ^a   Shelton, John M ^a   Richardson, James A ^a   Mendelson, Carole R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Gonad; LRH 1; P45017 ; P450arom; SF 1

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; CYTOCHROME P450C17; ESTROGEN; LIVER RECEPTOR HOMOLOG 1; NUCLEAR FACTOR I; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GRANULOSA CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TIME; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RNA, MESSENGER; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 23944488737     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20490     Document Type: Article

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